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Qulab Applies Artificial Intelligence To Drug Design

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Los Angeles-based Qulab , a biopharmaceuticals startup developing artifical intelligence software aimed at small molecule drug design, said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, Quleap. He also attended USC's Viterbi School of Engineering as a Ph.D.

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Jared Leto, Scooter Braun and Troy Carter are backing Moment House, a startup recreating live events… digitally

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Founded by Arjun Mehta, Shray Bansal, and Nigel Egrari, the company grew out of work the three men did while attending the USC Jimmy Iovine & Dr. Dre Academy for the Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. . I was drawn to the unique design-driven approach because that’s what is needed to create a new category here.”.

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USC Startup Weekend | Complete Breakdown

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USC hosted its first Startup Weekend from September 23rd to 25th and it rocked! We had MBAs, undergrads, engineers, designers, and visitors from all throughout the LA tech scene participate in the event. A mobile and web platform that lets our users give and receive text messaging advice in a anonymous social community.

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HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm

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In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies.

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Interview with Alan Horsager, Episona

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I also have a visiting appointment at USC. The two other co-founders, one at USC and the other at the University of Utah are professors at those universities. Alan Horsager: Andrew Smith, who is at USC and I knew each other, as we'd collaborated on some other academic projects together. Those are the two big things.

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How Amavitae Wants To Help Youth Find A Career They'll Love

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Deborah Ramo: Amavitae, which means "love life" in Latin, is a mobile-first platform to help the emerging workforce find a career that they will love and have a natural aptitude for, and to help them understand what careers are growing and will be around in the future. So how does a user use the platform? What is your app all about?

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Moving Analytics | Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

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Through simple design, extensive sensing mechanism research, and behavioral science principles, Moving Analytics is carving out its own innovative niche in a heavily competitive space by providing a simple solution for highly sedentary people. It is built out of 5 years of research at USC. This was run out of USC?

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